Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That Beethoven was a drunkard? T...hat Wellington won the battle of Waterloo? There are various degrees and dimensions of success in making statements: the statements fit the facts always more or less loosely, in different ways on different occasions for different intents and purposes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral;...I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, change ...which suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Firmness yclept in heroes, kings and seamen,That is, when they succeed; but greatly blamed...As obstinacy, both in men and women,Whene'er their triumph pales, or star is tamed --And 'twill perplex the casuist in moralityTo fix the due bounds of this dangerous quality.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »